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. >> you prefer being a big fish in a small pond? >> i get treated, i mean i get treated beyond belief there. they give me a lot of love back. there's nothing on earth -- i wish i could have a conversation with lebron james. i have met him several times. i would say he's a friend. what don't you understand about winning? you have already won. you are from akron. you play -- just by saying i'm going to play in my hometown. you can go anywhere in the world but you are literally a king there. that's how i feel in detroit. no one can every take that from me. that love. there's nothing like being loved. >> would you switch allegiance? >> never. i try to make a lot of money. i have never made an unhonest dollar off a working man's back. i can hold my head up and walk anywhere in the world knowing that. i don't have to drive around in a tinted rolls-royce. i'm proud of that. i want to make a lot of money. i want to make it honestly. it sets you free. you can tell somebody -- when they are coming at you saying we are going to pay this. i hav
. >> you prefer being a big fish in a small pond? >> i get treated, i mean i get treated beyond belief there. they give me a lot of love back. there's nothing on earth -- i wish i could have a conversation with lebron james. i have met him several times. i would say he's a friend. what don't you understand about winning? you have already won. you are from akron. you play -- just by saying i'm going to play in my hometown. you can go anywhere in the world but you are literally a king...
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i was like we're going to be in a big house soon. probably moments like that, that we've shared together. because he's kind of seen it all unfold, even though he was kind of probably 5 or 6, 1 years old when i started to really gain money and success and stuff. he saw enough down here to -- probably the stuff we've experienced together. we've both gone through a lot together. >> how important to you is your credibily? >> it depends to you. >> i saw you attacking steven tyler. he's a friend of yours. >> i wasn't attacking steven tyler. >> okay. let's rephrase that. when you were being pretty highly critical of his decision. >> somebody asked me a question of what do you think tyler doing "idol?" i don't think it's a good move. i was honest. >> you were sort of saying this is not the thing a guy like him should do because he's a bona fide rock star. >> in my opinion, yes. >> he said back that you were jealous. >> that was funny. i was a little upset with that actually. i just saw him recently and i'm like that's as good as can you do.
i was like we're going to be in a big house soon. probably moments like that, that we've shared together. because he's kind of seen it all unfold, even though he was kind of probably 5 or 6, 1 years old when i started to really gain money and success and stuff. he saw enough down here to -- probably the stuff we've experienced together. we've both gone through a lot together. >> how important to you is your credibily? >> it depends to you. >> i saw you attacking steven tyler....
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that was a big problem. the challenge, of course, is that obama took that and put his foot on the accelerator and we got really much more significant problems, but, again, now, we're trying to fix these problems. i'm not interested in apportioning blame on a percentage basis but let's look forward. the republican house of representatives, if you want to look at the partisan side of that, they put forward a budget. they actually passed a budget. the democratic estimate hasn't even written or passed a budget for two years. two years. the president of the united states is only now showing up for discussions. he spent the last three months raising $86 million of political money, not spending time focused on this problem, and now he wants to show up and tell everybody else to eat their peas when his party in the senate hasn't even passed a budget not this year but this year or last year and he hasn't put forward a serious budget period. >> but my issue is that when there are such extreme partisan views being expr
that was a big problem. the challenge, of course, is that obama took that and put his foot on the accelerator and we got really much more significant problems, but, again, now, we're trying to fix these problems. i'm not interested in apportioning blame on a percentage basis but let's look forward. the republican house of representatives, if you want to look at the partisan side of that, they put forward a budget. they actually passed a budget. the democratic estimate hasn't even written or...
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i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make me look as a judge. lovely to see you. you need a little help with your mortgage, want to avoid foreclosure. smart move. candy? um-- well, you know, you're in luck. we're experts in this sort of thing, mortgage rigamarole, whatnot. r-really? absolutely, and we guarantee results, you know, for a small fee, of course. such are the benefits of having a professional on your side. [whistles, chuckles] why don't we get a contract? who wants a contract? [honks horn] [circus music plays] here you go, pete. thanks, betty. we're out of toner. [circus music plays] sign it. come on. sign it. [honks horn] ...homes around the country.
i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make...
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i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make me look as a judge. lovely to see you, [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. i bet it could last through some artsy foreign film. good idea. let's go. did i just say that out loud? [ female announcer ] feel fresh up to 5 times longer with scope outlast. still feeling fresh? oh, yeah. [ female announcer ] what will you outlast
i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make...
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i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make me look as a judge. lovely to see you, jackie. ♪ [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. i know how my body should feel. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish my day and finish out strong. then when i do try other things, i always find myself going back to advil. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. [ male announcer ] make the switch. helps defends against occasional justconstipation, d
i get very nervous especially with the big one, the big performances. >> we couldn't be happier for you, jackie. it's an amazing thing. you've got a voice of an angel as we said in the show. and i'm very excited now because you're going to sing. david's going to play the piano. these are going to be tracks from your new album, is that right? >> yes. >> good luck. thank you for coming on. lovely to see you again. >> to see you, too. the better you get the better you make...
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but i had a very, very big hit with a song called "no matter what." i'll play it quickly or simply, rather. ♪ that was the tune of that. ♪ statistically that's one of my biggest ever. ♪ i wrote that. it just came. what i was doing was ticking around on the piano, which i often do. >> can you literally get the whole thing in your head? >> sometimes it comes like that. what also happens you're sitting at a piano and going just playing around which i often do just for the sake of it. i come up and say -- ♪ suddenly you go -- ♪ >> do you feel like a eureka moment? >> i had been sometimes gone off, gone to the frigid and opened a glass of wine. what was that? i come back. >> you write it down. >> i do. as i'm getting older i now always take a little music pad around with me. because in the old days if the tune was any good i would remember it. that happened with "jesus christ superstar." >> hold that note. when we come back i want to talk to you about the big musical that lifted you particularly here in america, "jesus christ superstar." >> you h
but i had a very, very big hit with a song called "no matter what." i'll play it quickly or simply, rather. ♪ that was the tune of that. ♪ statistically that's one of my biggest ever. ♪ i wrote that. it just came. what i was doing was ticking around on the piano, which i often do. >> can you literally get the whole thing in your head? >> sometimes it comes like that. what also happens you're sitting at a piano and going just playing around which i often do just for...
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in other words, we know they're there are big problems. we have to suck it up. >> people are feeling helpless. >> why don't they get out and show a bit of passionate? >> we see it in madison,wisconsin. in indiana. it's beginning to surface but not much. part of it is because we've been dealing with a culture of greed is good. we've been dealing with a culture of don't attack what donald trump, don't tax our success. we've got the lowest tax rates in the last 30 years. trillions of dollars in tax havens offshore. offshore subsidiaries, come racials. one out of corporations didn't pay a penny of taxes whatsoever. >> let me be the devil's advocate here. >> sure. >> is it really the big problem that rich aren't paying enough tax, or is the real problem that poor are not being looked after properly? >> it goes hand in hand. it goes hand in hand. >> donald trump has a point. there are people self-made in this country who have worked incredibly hard to get where they are. why should they have to pay exorbitant taxation? >> it's not exorbitant tax
in other words, we know they're there are big problems. we have to suck it up. >> people are feeling helpless. >> why don't they get out and show a bit of passionate? >> we see it in madison,wisconsin. in indiana. it's beginning to surface but not much. part of it is because we've been dealing with a culture of greed is good. we've been dealing with a culture of don't attack what donald trump, don't tax our success. we've got the lowest tax rates in the last 30 years....
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i think the big confirmation for this month is i didn't die and i didn't get married. it's a one-two shot. >> what is it like when you read about your own death on twitter? i haven't had that experience yet. did you find it funny? was it a bit disconcerting? >> my response was, you know, it happened to mark twain so i quoted mark twain's comment, that rumors of his death demise were greatly exaggerated. >> let's move back to when you were last in my studio. because we had -- >> it was only yesterday. >> it was a great interview. crystal was with you and everything seemed absolutely happy. there seemed no reason why this wasn't going to be a great hollywood wedding. you very kindly invited me. i was looking forward to it and everything else. what happened? that's what everybody wants to know. the first television interview you've given. what went wrong? >> well, you know, that is the number one question. and i don't have an answer for it. i really don't know what happened. i think that in time, the rest of the story will play out. but -- we took a trip to london -- i th
i think the big confirmation for this month is i didn't die and i didn't get married. it's a one-two shot. >> what is it like when you read about your own death on twitter? i haven't had that experience yet. did you find it funny? was it a bit disconcerting? >> my response was, you know, it happened to mark twain so i quoted mark twain's comment, that rumors of his death demise were greatly exaggerated. >> let's move back to when you were last in my studio. because we had --...
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our country is not succeeding because our military is too big. people call it the military and then it's hands off. it's not military. it's defense contractors. most of our weaponry is ridiculous. it's not -- it's for fighting the russians in 1978. we don't need that. what would make this country stronger is economics. that's where the future is. that's what makes a country strong. if you're not strong economically you are not -- >> piers: that's where america is increasingly weak. >> this is one reason. we could solve this debt deficit problem if we would do two simple things. tax the rich like they used to be taxed. not a hell of a lot more, just like they were under clinton and bring the troops home. not just from iraq and afghanistan, but we have half a million troops in bases across the world. >> piers: how many do the chinese have? >> none. they don't have troops. because they know this is not the way you achieve agemny in this world. >> piers: i did a documentary in shanghai recently. fascinating time to be out there. this dynamism that yo
our country is not succeeding because our military is too big. people call it the military and then it's hands off. it's not military. it's defense contractors. most of our weaponry is ridiculous. it's not -- it's for fighting the russians in 1978. we don't need that. what would make this country stronger is economics. that's where the future is. that's what makes a country strong. if you're not strong economically you are not -- >> piers: that's where america is increasingly weak....
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and i think a big feather in our cap. that is all of us involved in the making of it. >> and many people revere you as one of the great actors of this generation. who for you -- who rocks your boat in the acting firm ament? who have been the greatest male and female actors of your lifetime? >> oh, heaven the you've got a long list. i'm going to start with the earlier ones. i mean with the later ones. because one of my big acting heroes is phillip seymour hoffman. there's meryl streep. there is jack nick -- nicholson. clint eastwood. i mean the most fun. yeah. yeah. >> well, what did you and clint get up to that we don't know about? >> that's for me to know and you to find out. isn't it? >> the mind boggles. what do you make of modern hollywood? obviously you've been around the block if you don't mind me saying a few decades. what do you make of the modern hollywood scene? >> well, it's interesting. it's interesting to watch fluctuate just what it does. they're always looking for what works best. right now we have a lot of
and i think a big feather in our cap. that is all of us involved in the making of it. >> and many people revere you as one of the great actors of this generation. who for you -- who rocks your boat in the acting firm ament? who have been the greatest male and female actors of your lifetime? >> oh, heaven the you've got a long list. i'm going to start with the earlier ones. i mean with the later ones. because one of my big acting heroes is phillip seymour hoffman. there's meryl...
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the big deal is really the deal they should make. i don't like the deal where we kick it down the road for six months. this is the time to make the deal. and i have to tell you, the republicans have the cards. people might not think that, but the republicans have all of the cards. and this is the time to get rid of obama care. this is the time to make the great deal. >> i've been following you on twitter, and you've been pretty aggressive about obama on the economy. you believe that he can't stop spending and that america has to stop spending. one of his beliefs, of course, is that he's got to get rid of these tax incentives for the rich. and look after the guys with no money. why would you oppose that as an ideology? >> well, you know, it's a different world today, piers, where people in this country can form companies in foreign countries, where they pay very little tax, much less tax. and once you start taxing -- and i'm not talking about me. but once you start taxing people that do create jobs and do createness create businesses,
the big deal is really the deal they should make. i don't like the deal where we kick it down the road for six months. this is the time to make the deal. and i have to tell you, the republicans have the cards. people might not think that, but the republicans have all of the cards. and this is the time to get rid of obama care. this is the time to make the great deal. >> i've been following you on twitter, and you've been pretty aggressive about obama on the economy. you believe that he...
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i'm a big movie buff. i'm a big reader. so for me, it's just -- it's the perfect thing to be able to flit from one subject to another because that's kind of the way my mind goes. it's the way i read the paper. >> you're one of the first openly gay op-ed columnists that we've seen. it's no longer as shocking as it would have been 20 years ago. how has it gone down? what reaction do you get? you wrote a fantastic piece about gay marriage the other day. i was particularly moved by what you said about your own father and how he dealt with you and your partner. how is that kind of column going down generally? >> where the world has changed so much, i get amazingly lovely e-mails from readers when i write about that topic. i also get some hate mail. society hasn't come as far as a lot of us would like to see it travel, but the reception's been very, very warm. it's a real privilege to be able to write about that issue as an openly gay man. it's funny, when we talked about me taking on an op-ed column, none of us said, y,e' he rt
i'm a big movie buff. i'm a big reader. so for me, it's just -- it's the perfect thing to be able to flit from one subject to another because that's kind of the way my mind goes. it's the way i read the paper. >> you're one of the first openly gay op-ed columnists that we've seen. it's no longer as shocking as it would have been 20 years ago. how has it gone down? what reaction do you get? you wrote a fantastic piece about gay marriage the other day. i was particularly moved by what you...